Johnson Amendment Webinar: What Politicizing Nonprofits Means & What To Do About It

03/09/2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST

Admission:

$15.00

NPC Members & CDBG

$25.00

Not-Yet-Members

Politicizing Nonprofits: What Charitable Nonprofits and Foundations Need to Know (and What They Can Do About It)

We're very excited to partner with the National Council of Nonprofits to bring you this timely webinar on the Johnson Amendment: What Politicizing Nonprofits Means and What To Do About It. This webinar will provide background on the law that protects 501(c)(3) organizations from demands for political endorsements and campaign contributions (known as the Johnson Amendment), address why most nonprofits consider nonpartisanship essential to advancing mission, review administration and legislative challenges, and identify how the issue relates to tax reform and federal spending priorities.

The webinar will cover:

. Its history

. Why the Johnson Amendment is important

. What is happening concerning it in the Administration and Congress

. How we are engaging with coalitions

. The Community Letter in Support of Nonpartisanship and how your state has engaged

. What steps individual nonprofits and foundations can take right now

Costs:$15 Members; $25 Not-Yet-Members

PRESENTERS

David L. Thompson,Vice President of Public Policy, National Council of Nonprofits

David Thompson has served as Director of Government Affairs at Independent Sector. He served in the public sector from 2001 to 2007 as a Senior Counsel and as Policy Director to the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, notably as Counsel to the Pension Protection Act conference committee. He also directed federal policy for a consulting firm and practiced law for 17 years specializing in labor relations, employment law, government contracting, as well as government relations at the federal and state levels.

Tiffany Gourley Carter, State Policy Counsel, National Council of Nonprofits

Tiffany Gourley has served as a legislative attorney for the Hawaii Legislature, supporting legislators on a wide range of issues. Previously, she externed at the Hawai`i Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, tracking legislation of interest to nonprofit organizations, and at the Hawaii Attorney General’s Office, working in the Tax and Charities Division researching nonprofit compliance. Before law school, Tiffany Gourley started a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on raising and disbursing funds for educational scholarships and volunteer grants and has since helped create and consult on several 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.